Orlando Eagles
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No, I'll give you some reasons why they did good to hold their ground with a very solid contract offer.
Long lasting...this is BS, every Steeler star player of recent (last decade) has gotten a long term deal from the Steelers except for Bell and I don't want to drag the negotiation out again, but they made a good faith effort to sign him...it came down to guaranteed money and they decided to hold firm on their policy of sign bonus plus 1st yr of the new contract as guarantees. Bell will probably get a little more in guarantees from his new team, but they will most like have some roster bonuses (not true guarantees) in there like Gurley's deal...will it be enough to offset the money he's losing every week? IDT so.
Needs...PIT made some mistake here imo. After they could not come to a long term agreement with Bell LY, they should've traded him and tacked on a little bit more and put that money into a proven CB and a proven FS via FA and they would be a better team.
Shitter...No push back on that...barring a major turn of events, I think Tomlin could have his 1st, < .500 season...but the DEF is a complete dumpster fire...Not much Bell can do about that if he's getting on the field down 2 possessions.
That is some really good insight! Thanks for sharing.
I agree that I think the worst thing the Steelers did here is to not move him last year. Though I will admit I would really want to keep talking to a player that talented than just trading him. It is a hindsight view.
Looking at things so far this year....I really don't see how much more Bell could have done in the Cleveland game that Conner did not do. I totally see where he could have provided more since then and certainly could have helped pull the Steelers through the Chiefs game, possibly the Ravens one.
So....if Bell is there they are quite surely 2-1-1 instead of 1-2-1.
I am not sure I can say they would be any less in the shitter with Bell.